Donald J. Harris and Shyamala Gopalan Harris welcomed Kamala Harris in 1964. Here’s everything to know about the U.S. vice president's parents.

As a lawyer and U.S. Senator, Harris’s identity in both her personal life and politics has been largely shaped by her background: her late mother, Shyamala Gopalan, who died in 2009, was an...

First, Ms. Harris’s father, a Jamaican-born emeritus professor of economics at Stanford University, has been a critic of mainstream economic theory from the left but is hardly a Marxist....

The 2024 Democratic presidential nominee was born to her father, Donald J. Harris, and her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, on Oct. 20, 1964, in Oakland, Calif. Kamala's younger sister, Maya,...

Vice President Kamala Harris’ father, Donald Harris, is part of that diaspora. The Jamaica-born economist now lives in the same city as his daughter, the capital of the United States, but ...

Donald J. Harris is the father of Kamala Harris. He is a Jamaican-American economist and professor emeritus at Stanford University, originally from Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica. Of Jamaican descent, Harris was born on August 23, 1938, to Beryl Christie Harris (née Finegan) [20] [21] and Oscar Joseph Harris. [22]

Kamala Harris' father, Donald Harris, is a former Stanford professor and economics consultant who has spoken openly about his Jamaican heritage.

But the nominee's father, Donald J. Harris, did not appear at the Democratic National Convention hall in Chicago. He is Kamala's only living parent, as her mother, Shyamala Gopalan died in...

Who is Kamala Harris’ father? Donald Harris, 85, is an emeritus professor at Stanford University whose research interests include economic history, macroeconomics, economics of technology,...